摘要:
The invention provides food products, including confectioneries and chocolates, having conserved concentrations of polyphenols, and in particular cocoa polyphenols. The method of this invention avoids the significant and detrimental polyphenol losses that occur during conventional manufacture by controlling the handling of ingredients in the batching process to provide a product containing a significant amount of the cocoa polyphenols present in the raw materials used to formulate the finished product. Additionally, the milling/refining and conching steps may also be controlled and modified to provide confectioneries having conserved concentrations of cocoa polyphenols relative to the cocoa polyphenol-concentration of the starting ingredients. The cocoa polyphenol containing ingredient may be a cocoa extract, chocolate liquor, partially defatted cocoa solids, and/or synthectic polyphenol.
摘要:
Cocoa components having enhanced levels of cocoa polyphenols, processes for producing the cocoa components while conserving a significant amount of the cocoa polyphenols, compositions containing the cocoa components or the cocoa polyphenols, and methods of using the cocoa components or the cocoa polyphenols for improving the health of a mammal are described. The cocoa components include partially and fully defatted cocoa solids, cocoa nibs and fractions derived therefrom, cocoa polyphenol extracts, cocoa butter, chocolate liquors, and mixtures thereof. The invention provides processes for extracting fat from cocoa beans and for otherwise processing cocoa beans to yield a cocoa component having conserved concentrations of polyphenols relative to the starting materials.
摘要:
The invention provides food products, including confectioneries and chocolates, having conserved concentrations of polyphenols, and in particular cocoa polyphenols. The method of this invention avoids the significant and detrimental polyphenol losses that occur during conventional manufacture by controlling the handling of ingredients in the batching process to provide a product containing a significant amount of the cocoa polyphenols present in the raw materials used to formulate the finished product. Additionally, the milling/refining and conching steps may also be controlled and modified to provide confectioneries having conserved concentrations of cocoa polyphenols relative to the cocoa polyphenol-concentration of the starting ingredients. The cocoa polyphenol containing ingredient may be a cocoa extract, chocolate liquor, partially defatted cocoa solids, and/or synthectic polyphenol.